Planetary Research Jobs

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Tenure and tenure-track faculty

Title Institution Location Deadline Posted
SENIOR LECTURER IN FLIGHT DYNAMICS University of Liverpool Liverpool, UK 2026-08-14
Assistant Professor, Solid Earth Processes McGill University Montreal, Quebec, Canada 2026-10-16 2026-08-04
Assistant Professor in Geophysics Stanford Stanford, California, USA 2026-10-19 2026-07-30
Tenure-track Research Director position in planetary seismology CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) France 2026-09-02 2026-07-23
ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN SOLID EARTH GEOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF IOWA Iowa City, IA, USA 2026-09-15 2026-07-13
Assistant/Associate Professor (F3/F4) Outer Solar System Science & Space Grant Associate Director University of Hawaii at Manoa Hawaii, USA 2026-08-25 2026-07-11
Tenure-track faculty: Experimental space physics University of Iowa Iowa City, USA 2026-06-28

Non-tenure track faculty

Title Institution Location Deadline Posted
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Physics Victoria University of Wellington Kelburn, Wellington, New Zealand 2026-09-11 2026-08-13

Postdocs and fellowships

Title Institution Location Deadline Posted
Two different postdoc opportunities at the Planetary Science group at University of Alicante (UA), Spain University of Alicante Spain 2026-09-15 2026-08-13
Postdoc: Planet-forming Disks and Astrochemistry Space Research Institute (IWF) Graz, Austria 2026-09-15 2026-07-27
Postdoctoral Position in Planetary Volcanology University of California, Riverside USA 2026-09-01 2026-07-15
JAXA Aerospace Project Research Associate Recruitment (ISAS) Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Japan 2026-08-26 2026-06-30
6 postdoc positions on habitability as a fundamental planetary process Freie Univ. Berlin, TU Berlin, DLR, RUB Boschum, Univ. Wien, TU Dresden Germany 2026-06-17
Postdoctoral Scholar - UC Berkeley UC Berkeley Berkeley, CA, USA 2026-10-01 2026-06-01

Ph.D.

Title Institution Location Deadline Posted
Doctoral Researcher in Planet Formation with J. Drążkowska Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research Göttingen, Germany 2026-10-01 2026-08-06
Doctoral Researcher in the field of Space Microbiology ZARM University of Bremen Bremen, Germany 2026-08-18 2026-07-30
PhD Position in NCCR Genesis: Computational chemistry–metabolism model for Venus and Enceladus University of Bern Bern, Switzerland 2026-08-31 2026-07-27
PhD position in planetary science (fully funded) University of Bern Bern, Switzerland 2026-09-30 2026-07-16
PhD Position in Lunar Science and Exploration, Planetary Geology The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong 2026-12-01 2026-07-15
PhD position: Coupled interior-atmosphere evolution of temperate rocky planets NCCR Genesis, University of Geneva, ETH Zürich Switzerland 2026-07-02
18 Ph.D. positions on habitability as a fundamental planetary process Freie Univ. Berlin, TU Berlin, DLR, RUB Boschum, Univ. Wien, TU Dresden Germany 2026-06-17

Internships

Title Institution Location Deadline Posted
Psyche inspired - NASA creative internship open to undergrads of all majors 2026-08-28 2026-08-07

Scientific and technical staff

Title Institution Location Deadline Posted
Senior AI/ML Scientist, Planetary Science Relativity Space Long Beach, CA, USA 2026-06-29
AI/ML Scientist, Planetary Science Relativity Space Long Beach, CA, USA 2026-06-29

Outreach and education

Title Institution Location Deadline Posted
Science Communications Manager/Public Information Officer (PIO) Planetary Science Institute Tucson, AZ, USA 2026-06-16
EPO Public Information Officer Green Bank Observatory Charlottesville, VA, Socorro, NM or Green Bank, WV, or remote, USA 2026-06-08

Other

Title Institution Location Deadline Posted
DPS SEEKS A NEW SECRETARY DPS 2026-07-27
DPS SEEKS A NEW EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIR DPS 2026-07-27